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The Election Issue That Beats Jobs and the Economy

Both parties are duping voters into believing that jobs and the economy are the most important issues for 2012. They are not. Neither are the debt, deficit, and Washington’s spending addiction. Energy, immigration, health care and all of our other problems can also be shoved to the back burner until we deal with the biggest [...]

Posted 11 March 2012 † Civil Bob § 2012 Election ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: Arizona, Homeland Security, illegal immigrants, states

The Lie Behind the President’s American Promise

Dissecting the State of the Union wish list is a time-wasting, futile exercise. The annual airing of the White House agenda is a constitutional holdover from a time when a president’s plans were greeted with something other than suspicion and dread. Why do we still pay attention to these pointless, overlong harangues? Are we waiting [...]

Posted 29 January 2012 † Civil Bob § 2012 Election ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: State of the Union

Obama Ruins Arne Duncan’s Lesson in Democracy

Education Secretary Arne Duncan sounded delusional as he pushed his department’s new Civic Learning and Engagement in Democracy initiative. He talked about the importance of teaching civics in our schools, forgetting that the best way to teach is by example. Does Duncan really believe that Washington in the time of Barack Obama teaches a lesson [...]

Posted 26 January 2012 † Civil Bob § Education ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: Arne Duncan, Ethics, unions